China's diversity in maps

[zhaoyun]

China Political Map

https://davidderrick.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/china-administrative.png

Ethnic Diversity

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_85ACsZ2kALY/TCADRHEywyI/AAAAAAAAHFc/ob3kxAINd3c/s1600/turkic+peoples+of+china.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f9/China_ethnic_map.jpg/608px-China_ethnic_map.jpg

Minorities of Northern China

http://www.nature.com/jhg/journal/v55/n5/images/jhg201030f1.jpg

Minorities of Yunnan Province

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Ethnic_minorities_areas_in_Yunnan.png

Minorities of Southern China

http://namyuekok.freeforums.org/download/file.php?id=3397&t=1

Religions of China

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Demography_of_religions_in_China.png/800px-Demography_of_religions_in_China.png

Legend:
Brown - Chinese traditional religions: including worship of gods and ancestors, Confucianism and Taoism
Orange - Buddhism
Dark Green - Islam
Purple - Non-Han Chinese traditional faiths: Zhuang Shigongism, Yi Bimoism, Miao Hmongism, Yao Taoism
Turquois - Tengerism: Mongolian shamanism
Light Green - Dongbei folk religion and Manchu shamanism

Linguistic Diversity

http://www.zonu.com/images/0X0/2011-08-08-14266/Linguistic-and-ethnic-diversity-in-China.jpg

Division by Major Regions

https://chovanec.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/nine_nations.png

If each of these regions were countries:

World’s Largest Nations By Population, 2008
(If China’s Nine Nations Were Broken Out Separately)
Rank Country Population
#1 India 1,140,566,211
#2 The Yellow Land 358,790,000
#3 United States 304,059,724
#4 Indonesia 237,512,355
#5 The Crossroads 226,260,000
#6 Brazil 196,342,587
#7 Pakistan 171,852,793
#8 Bangladesh 154,037,902
#9 The Metropolis 146,850,000
#10 Nigeria 146,255,306
#11 Russia 140,702,094
#12 Shangri-La 131,520,000
#13 Japan 127,288,419
#14 The Back Door 111,510,000
#15 Mexico 109,955,400
#16 The Refuge 109,770,000
#17 The Rust Belt 108,740,000
#18 Philippines 96,061,683
#19 Vietnam 87,558,363
#20 The Frontier 86,320,000

…

#29 United Kingdom 60,943,912
#30 The Straits 59,080,000
#31 Italy 58,145,321

Population Density

http://ahilton1china.weebly.com/uploads/1/7/1/3/17138024/3595433.jpg?561

China's cities over 1 Million

http://smeinfo.my/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/china-has-127-cities-with-populations-of-over-1-million.png

China Crop Diversity

http://www.air-worldwide.com/uploadedImages/Publications_Pages/Publication_Item_Pages/AIR_Currents/Fig3_Seasons.jpg

China Climatic Diversity

http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/41/105241-004-B4DFC68E.gif

http://www.chinatouristmaps.com/assets/images/chinamaps/map-of-china-vegetation.jpg

China Topographical Diversity

http://www.ccnt.com.cn/china/chwindow/abc/images/j000.jpg

China Night Satellite Map

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/newsphoto/2012-11-05/450/satellite-151403_copy1.jpg

[zhaoyun]

Urbanization Map

http://www.gowestproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/20090717_mck-map.jpg

Expressway Map

http://www.newgeography.com/files/chinese-expressways.jpg

Railway Map

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/images/map/railway.jpg

High Speed Rail Map

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/China_high-speed_rail_network.png

[Dylan]

these maps could go even further to be honest. I'm not completely knowledgable about this topic, but for example, the Han people can be placed into further subgroups, e.g. Hakka people are one of them. the people who were at the center of the Taiping Rebellion!

[zhaoyun]

these maps could go even further to be honest. I'm not completely knowledgable about this topic, but for example, the Han people can be placed into further subgroups, e.g. Hakka people are one of them. the people who were at the center of the Taiping Rebellion!

That's a good point. There is great diversity within the Han Chinese group as well, a lot of that is reflected in the linguistic diversity map, which does include groups like the Hakka. Of course, in reality, the map is still an oversimplification of the linguistic diversity that exists.

[zhaoyun]

China's territory is occupied by four primary Civilizational spheres.

The Confucian Taoist Buddhist Sphere - Dominant in traditional Chinese civilization and the basis of the majority Han Chinese culture.

Hanfu - Traditional Chinese dress

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/shiyu918/han%20dress/thekingofhan.jpg

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/261673662225-0-1/s-l1000.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/76/99/b4/7699b45f525182801ae33ea039db6665.jpg

Daoist Monks

http://images.china.cn/images1/200703/387254.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/shiyu918/han%20dress/chinesedress-2.jpg

Hanging Buddhist Monastery - Shanxi

http://lifeasahuman.com/files/2010/11/B49-Hanging-Monastery-Shanxi-Province-China-2008-c-Vincent-Ross.jpg

Confucian School

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/newsphoto/2014-10-10/450/C928X0775H_2014%E8%B3%87%E6%96%99%E7%85%A7%E7%89%8 7_N71_copy1.JPG

Shanghai Street

http://monahoward.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc0035.jpg

Han Architecture

http://www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/images/exbig_images/2371be46b306c8a01afe21c2e880d772.jpg

http://www.yidongdianyuan.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Ancient-China-Buildings-Traditional-Chinese-Architecture-Picture-Forbidden-City-at-Beijing-China.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/shiyu918/tulou/tulouchina.jpg

http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u484/Lhasaguy8/Chinese%20Ancient%20Architectures/china5.jpg

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s57/world-2/800px-Chi_Lin_Nunnery_92C_Mar_06.jpg

http://www.china-mike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/great-wall-china2.jpg

[TheGoldenSon]

Didn't know that there where so many variants of Chinamen.

[zhaoyun]

Lamaist Buddhist Tengrist Sphere - Primarily defined by Tibetans and Mongolians

http://media.tibetsun.com/images/news/2013/02/china-arrests-five-tibetans-for-inciting-immolation-pg.jpg

https://westmorelanda13.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/mountains-oxygen-air-breathing-tibetan-genetic-differences_20241_600x450.jpg

http://img1.tibet.cn/2010tibeten/2013zt/2013zlxn/tpxw/201302/W020130217383078704326.jpg

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=343528

http://images.chinahighlights.com/2014/01/menggubao4163bd59e898_ch_300x200.jpg

http://chictraveler.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/potala_palace.jpeg

http://circumnavigators.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/BassettArchitecture-e1387395008102.jpg

http://www.thelandofsnows.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/CSC_0090_2.jpg

[zhaoyun]

Islamic China - Primarily defined by two major spheres. The mostly Turkic ethnic groups of Northwest China, the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Tatars, Kyrgyz, and Iranid Tajiks.

And the very different Hui Muslims, who are very assimilated with the Han Chinese, but have represented a strong Islamic element in the Han Chinese world since the Tang Dynasty (8th Cent).

Hui Muslims

http://cdncms.todayszaman.com/todayszaman/2014/02/20/china-dating-website-hui-han-iyuani_newsdetail.jpg

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/newsphoto/2011-02-25/450/C921X0278H_2009%E8%B3%87%E6%96%99%E7%85%A7%E7%89%8 7_N71_copy1.JPG

http://image.dhgate.com/albu_393368736_00/1.0x0.jpg

http://french.cri.cn/mmsource/images/2011/11/07/dd8e2e4f5bf240d2a3383928befe2c36.jpg

http://www.go-makkah.com/upload/images/news/go-makkah-hajj-oumra-6e2lm4-china-hajjjpg.jpg

Hui Mosques

http://chinatravelgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Xian-Great-Mosque-Prayer-Hall.jpg

https://photos.travelblog.org/Photos/108524/368540/f/3399801-Xi-an-Mosque-0.jpg

http://c8.alamy.com/comp/BPWK2P/mosque-in-downtown-lanzhou-gansu-china-BPWK2P.jpg

https://chineseislamiccalligraphy.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/dscn4923.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/YinchuanMosque2.jpg


Turkic and Iranid Zone

https://uyghuramerican.org/sites/default/files/field/image/uyghurHeader.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Uyghur_camel_drivers_in_Xinjiang.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmp6q9yFyI1qlsr3bo1_500.jpg

http://www.eartharchitecture.org/uploads/kashgar_old_town.jpg

http://www.heybrian.com/lib/images/travels/china/2010/kashgar_facade_traditional.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Kashgar-mezquita-id-kah-d01.jpg

https://karim74.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/mosque-in-kashgar-east-turkestan.jpg

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/25/123025-004-A379B94D.jpg

http://www.china-tour.cn/images/Urumqi/Bazaar.jpg

http://www.topchinatravel.com/pic/city/Urumqi/attractions/Erdaoqiao-Great-Bazaar-10.jpg

[zhaoyun]

Theravada Buddhism - Primarily defined by the Dai related ethnic groups of Southwest China (Thai related)

http://www.synotrip.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/node_view/timmytao/42_0.jpg

http://nomadchina.blog.com/files/2012/09/Dai-Ethnic-Minority.jpg

http://p5.img.cctvpic.com/program/china24/20110415/images/1302832683377_1302832683377_r.jpg

http://thumb1.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/951088/150297668/stock-photo-big-buddhist-temple-and-bueatiful-architecture-in-xishuangbanna-sipsongpanna-or-sibsongbanna-in-150297668.jpg

http://www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/images/exbig_images/a35d0d214c7f6fc28a05d1a69d00c505.jpg

http://www.exotravel.com/imagegallery/tours/image/thailand/xishuangbanna-960.jpg

http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20101026/000cf1a487730e30e00430.jpg

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20100816/002170196e1c0dd2e6a105.jpg

http://www.chinatravelpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Wild-Elephant-Valley.jpg

[zhaoyun]

Topographic and Climatic Diversity

Sub-tropical Southern China - Rice Paddies

https://avw4yk.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/china-yuanyan-rice-paddies-420x0.jpg

Continental - Central China - Jiuzhaigou

http://www.lovethesepics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Autumn-at-Jiuzhaigou-Valley-National-Park-Sichuan-China-coloful-fall-season.jpg

Alpine forests - Northeastern and Northwestern China

http://b.static.trunity.net/files/213801_213900/213811/thumbs/hengduan-mountains-subalpine-conifer-forests_438x0_scale.jpg

Sub-arctic - Northeastern China

http://www.chinatouradvisors.com/members/3274/Beautiful%20icy%20world%20in%20Mohe(1).jpg

Tundra/Steppes - Northern and Northwestern China

http://english.scib.ac.cn/ns/201401/W020140103789750047175.jpg

Continental - Zhangjiajie

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/664/cache/zhangjiajie-national-forest-park-china_66408_990x742.jpg

Plateau - Tibet, Western China

http://zhen.35photo.ru/photos/20130729/556798.jpg

Tropical - Southern China Rainforest

http://english.cri.cn/mmsource/image/2005-5-23/scene01.jpg

Tropical - Hainan

http://mytravelingtheword.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image-hainan-island-china.jpg

Desert - Taklamakan and Gobi

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7IWlO9DVDKk/UCZcpqQ1Z7I/AAAAAAAAEWw/jZ7YE0FSwrg/s1600/Taklamakan+Desert,+China+14.jpg